Олимпиада по английскому языку для 7-8 классов
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (7, 8 класс) на тему

Олимпиада по английскому языку для учащихся 7-8 классов.

В.Н. Кулябина

учитель английского языка

МБОУ Никифоровская СОШ №2,

р.п. Дмитриевка, Никифоровский район, Тамбовская область

Данная олимпиада предназначена для обучающихся 7-8 классов.

В разделе I содержатся задания по чтению: на проверку полного понимания коротких текстов,  на понимание запрашиваемой информации, на проверку понимания основного содержания. Время выполнения заданий раздела – 40 минут.

Раздел II содержит лексико-грамматические упражнения на  умение строить фразы, знание времён глагола и частей речи. Время выполнения – 40 минут.

Раздел III посвящён социокультурной компетенции. Его задания связаны с литературой и географией англоговорящих стран. Время выполнения – 15 минут.

Раздел IV направлен на умение нестандартно мыслить и грамотно излагать мысли на английском языке.

Каждый правильный ответ по разделам I-III оценивается в 1 балл, кроме задания №3, в котором за каждое правильно составленное стихотворение даётся 2 балла. Задания раздела IV оцениваются от 0 до 10 баллов.

На последней странице указаны ключи к заданиям и перечень использованных источников.

Part I – Reading.

1. Cartoons. Try to remember the plots of the following well-known cartoon movies.    Even if you didn’t watch all of them, it will not be very hard to guess the right answer.

2. “Zoo Job”. Read the story.  Are the following sentences true or false?

1. The clown had no job before coming to the zoo.

2. The zoo keeper offered the clown a job of a street performer.

3. People stopped visiting the zoo after the gorilla has died.

4. The lion’s cage was next to the gorilla’s cage.

5. The clown’s salary was raised.

6. The lion wounded the clown badly.

7. The clown revealed himself when he was  crying for help.

One day an out of work clown is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the clown that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.

He offers the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The clown accepts.

So the next morning the clown puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it.

At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the clown a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the clown keeps taunting the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the furious lion he slips and falls. The clown is terrified.

The lion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The clown is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the clown starts screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion is quick and pounces. The clown soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, "Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"

3 . Limericks.  A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. This is the example of a limerick:

There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large rats,
Ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile old gentleman dozed.

We have three more limericks by Edward Lear. They are fine, but the lines are messed up. Try to restore the initial order of the lines. Keep in mind, that all limericks have the same strict rhyme scheme (A-A-B-B-A).

Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

To her uncle's white pigs,

That amusing Young Lady of Bute.

That my nose is too long,

Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,

In his Grandmother's gown,

She played several jigs,

You are certainly wrong!'

Who seldom, if ever, stood still;

That remarkable Man with a nose.

There was a Young Lady of Bute,

There was an Old Man on a hill,

Who played on a silver-gilt flute;

There was an Old Man with a nose,

He ran up and down,

Part II – Use of English

4.  Paraphrasing. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. 

1) Nobody in the restaurant cooks better than Alice.

Alice is…

2) Don’t book your holiday until you’ve seen my photos of Africa.

You must see my photos…

3) The birch is twelve feet high.

The height…

4) I haven’t stayed here before.

This is the…

5) Mary isn't here because she went to the bank.

Mary has…

5. “They overdid it”. Change the verbs in brackets to complete the text.

The London police were looking for a criminal who (rob) a band. One day they (catch) him and (take) him to prison. But while they  (take) photographs of him from the front, from the left, from the right, with a hat, without a hat – he suddenly (attack) one of the policemen and (run away).

When a week later the telephone (ring) in the police station and somebody (say) “You (look for) Ben Jackson, aren’t you?” – “Yes”. “Well, he (be) at Victoria Station an hour ago. He (leave, probably) London by now.”

The city police immediately (send) four different photos of the robber to the railway police. All the trains (search).

Less than two hours later they (get) a telephone call from a small town not far from London. “We (catch) three of the men”, they (say) happily, “and we (hope) to catch the fourth very soon.”

6. Parts of speech. Here’s a small poem about parts of speech. Try to find appropriate words to complete the lines.

Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountain, street and …
In place of noun the pronoun stands
As … and … can clap their hands
The adjective describes a thing,
As magic wand and … ring
The verb means action, something done -
To read, to write, to …, to …
How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As quickly, slowly, badly, …
The preposition shows relation,
As .. the street, or … the station
Conjunctions join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, …  phrase … phrase

The interjection show surprise,
As -  ..! How pretty! …! How wise!

Through poetry, we learn how each
of these make up the parts of speech.

Part III – Sociocultural awareness

7. Geography. Choose the odd word in each line. 

1. Wales, Ireland, England, Scotland.

2. Manchester, Oxford, Chicago, Liverpool.

3. Montana, Alabama, Manitoba, Nevada.

4. Ireland, Pakistan, Iran, Canada

5. Mississippi, Thames, Ganges, Ontario

8. Literature. Fill the crossword with surnames of the authors of the following works. Get a word that denotes all these real and imaginary people in common.

1. “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (a drama)

2. “Animal Farm” (an allegorical tale)

3. “Ten Little Niggers” ( a detective novel)

4. “On the Origin of Species” (a scientific work)

5.  “Robinson Crusoe” (an adventure novel)

6. “The Lord of the Rings” (an epic fantasy novel)

7. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”  ( a collection of detective stories)

9. Endless poem. You might remember a popular Russian children’s endless poem about a clergyman and his dog.  Here’s another example, not funny, but a philosophical one, written by a Jewish poet Yehuda Amichai.

Inside the brand-new museum

there's an old synagogue.

Inside the synagogue

is me.

Inside me

my heart.

Inside my heart

a museum.

Inside the museum

a synagogue…

Try to compose an endless poem of your own.

10. Proverbs. Explain the meaning of these three proverbs.  Remember or invent a situation that matches one of them (2-3 sentences).

 - A leopard cannot change its spots.

 - Don't cry over spilled milk.

 - When the cat's away, the mice play.

Keys

Part I - Reading:

Task 1: 1C, 2B, 3E, 4A, 5D

Task 2: 1-true, 2-false, 3-false, 4-true, 5-true, 6-false, 7-false

Task 3:

The was a Young Lady of Bute, /Who played on a silver-gilt flute;/She played several jigs,/To her uncle's white pigs,/ That amusing Young Lady of Bute.

There was an Old Man with a nose, /Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,/ That my nose is too long, / You are certainly wrong!'/ That remarkable Man with a nose.

There was an Old Man on a hill,/ Who seldom, if ever, stood still;/ He ran up and down,/ In his Grandmother's gown,/ Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

Part II – Use of English

Task 4:

1- Alice is the best cook in the restaurant

2 - You must see my photos before booking your holiday.

3 - The height of the birch is twelve feet.

4 - This is the first time I’m staying here.

5 - Mary has gone to the bank

Task 5: had robbed, caught, took, were taking, attacked, ran away, rang, said, are looking for, was, has probably left, sent, were searched, got, have caught, said, hope.

Task 6:  

town; he, she; golden; to jump, to run; well, in, at; or, and; ah, oh.

Ответы не обязательно должны совпадать с авторским вариантом.

Part III – Sociocultural awareness

Task 7: 1 – Ireland, 2 – Chicago, 3 – Manitoba, 4 – Iran, 5 – Ontario

Task 8: 1- Shakespeare, 2- Orwell, 3 – Christie, 4 – Darwin, 5 – Defoe, 6 – Tolkien, 7 – Doyle.  SOCIETY

В заданиях олимпиады использованы материалы сайтов http://www.clown-ministry.com (№2),  nonsenselit.org (№3), http://www.happychild.org.uk (№6), books.google.ru (№9)